ErezMarom.com Just south of the Arctic circle lies a magical island - the land of fire and ice, the ever mesmerizing Iceland. Iceland in winter is a very different place to Iceland in summer. Sub-zero temperatures, bone-chilling winds and harsh conditions are prevalent, but the photographic rewards are accordingly immense. Join professional nature photographers Erez Marom and Arnar Bergur Guðjónsson for the photographic journey of a lifetime. Stunning locations such as Skaftafell national park, the glacier lagoon, waterfalls, ice caves and volcanic beachesMagical low light throughout the day, enabling us to shoot non-stop for over 6 hours (weather permitting)Visits to hidden ice cavesOpportunity to witness and shoot the Aurora BorealisSuper-jeep ride into Mýrdalsjökull glacierProfessional photo guidanceTwo seats per participant in the bus, to make access to your photo gear easy and safeVery good hotels, superior rooms where possible, wonderful food throughout the workshop Day 1 Reykjavík area Clothing
Poverty Facts and Stats This figure is based on purchasing power parity (PPP), which basically suggests that prices of goods in countries tend to equate under floating exchange rates and therefore people would be able to purchase the same quantity of goods in any country for a given sum of money. That is, the notion that a dollar should buy the same amount in all countries. Hence if a poor person in a poor country living on a dollar a day moved to the U.S. with no changes to their income, they would still be living on a dollar a day. The new poverty line of $1.25 a day was recently announced by the World Bank (in 2008). For many years before that it had been $1 a day. The new figures from the World Bank therefore confirm concerns that poverty has not been reduced by as much as was hoped, although it certainly has dropped since 1981. However, it appears that much of the poverty reduction in the last couple of decades almost exclusively comes from China:
HDR06-complete Aquagenic urticaria Aquagenic urticaria, also known as 'water allergy' and 'water urticaria', is a rarely diagnosed form of physical urticaria. It is sometimes described as an allergy, although it is not a true histamine-releasing allergic reaction like other forms of urticaria. The defining symptom is a painful skin reaction resulting from contact with water. This may also be the effect of different temperatures of water, such as cold or hot, and can flare with chemicals such as fluorine and chlorine. Symptoms[edit] Aquagenic urticaria causes the skin to itch extremely and occasionally burn after being exposed to water of any kind. Contact with any form of water can cause symptoms to appear. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] About.com Dermatology Article
Evidence The Earth's climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 7,000 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era — and of human civilization. Most of these climate changes are attributed to very small variations in Earth’s orbit that change the amount of solar energy our planet receives. Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal. The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is very likely human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years.1 Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many different types of information about our planet and its climate on a global scale. The evidence for rapid climate change is compelling: Sea level rise Global temperature rise Warming oceans Glacial retreat
Water Shortage, Drinking Water Crisis Solutions Water ... worth more than gold and more crucial for survival above all other resources on earth. And yet, over one billion men, women, and children do not have enough safe water to drink and therefore will never live a healthy life. Who are these people? They are the innocent children and desperate families living in overcrowded urban slums, in refugee camps, and in poverty-stricken towns and villages too numerous to count in rural areas of developing countries around the world. The Problem Global Water is based upon the belief that the lack of access to safe drinking water is the primary cause of hunger, disease and poverty throughout the developing world. Hunger Without water, crops and livestock wither and die. Disease Simply put - the lack of safe drinking water is the primary cause of disease in the world today. It’s interesting to note that the lack of water is the primary reason why villagers must leave an area in search of food and water during a famine. Poverty The Solution
An Ominous Warning on the Effects of Ocean Acidification by Carl Zimmer 15 Feb 2010: Analysis by carl zimmer The JOIDES Resolution looks like a bizarre hybrid of an oil rig and a cargo ship. It is, in fact, a research vessel that ocean scientists use to dig up sediment from the sea floor. In 2003, on a voyage to the southeastern Atlantic, scientists aboard the JOIDES Resolution brought up a particularly striking haul. They had drilled down into sediment that had formed on the sea floor over the course of millions of years. “In the middle of this white sediment, there’s this big plug of red clay,” says Andy Ridgwell, an earth scientist at the University of Bristol. In other words, the vast clouds of shelled creatures in the deep oceans had virtually disappeared. The clay that the crew of the JOIDES Resolution dredged up may be an ominous warning of what the future has in store. Storing CO2 in the oceans comes at a steep cost: It changes the chemistry of seawater. experiencing today. “This is an almost unprecedented geological event,” says Ridgwell. time.
Hunger Stats Every year, authors, journalists, teachers, researchers, schoolchildren and students ask us for statistics about hunger and malnutrition. To help answer these questions, we've compiled a list of useful facts and figures on world hunger. Some 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. The vast majority of the world's hungry people live in developing countries, where 12.9 percent of the population is undernourished. Asia is the continent with the most hungry people - two thirds of the total. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence (percentage of population) of hunger. Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five - 3.1 million children each year. One out of six children -- roughly 100 million -- in developing countries is underweight. One in four of the world's children are stunted. WFP calculates that US$3.2 billion is needed per year to reach all 66 million hungry school-age children. 1.
WaterWars The next major conflict in the Middle EastWater Wars A Lecture by Adel Darwish- Geneva conference on Environment and Quality of Life June 1994. Oil has always been thought of as the traditional cause of conflict in the Middle East past and present. When President Anwar Sadat signed the peace treaty with Israel in 1979, he said Egypt will never go to war again, except to protect its water resources. From Turkey, the southern bastion of Nato, down to Oman, looking out over the Indian Ocean, the countries of the Middle East are worrying today about how they will satisfy the needs of their burgeoning industries, or find drinking water for the extra millions born each year, not to mention agriculture, the main cause of depleting water resources in the region. All these nations depend on three great river systems, or vast underground aquifers, some of which are of `fossil water' that cannot be renewed. Take the greatest source of water in the region, the Nile. The shortage: Country 1955 1990 2025
Ultima Hora : Chinchorro Misterio LAS ÚLTIMAS NOTICIAS (SANTIAGO, CHILE) - miércoles 30 de noviembre de 2005, pg. 13 Por Kathya Alegría Foto: Iván Alvarado / Reuters Se han encontrado casi 30 mini momias. A simple vista parecen diminutos duplicados humanos para magia vudú. El por qué del ritual en fetos y recién nacidos fue la incógnita desde 1909, cuando fueron descubiertos en la Primera Región del país. "Llevaba años analizando el tema, hasta que leí en un diario que el alto grado de arsénico en el agua del norte estaba produciendo abortos. LA CULTURA CHINCHORRO Bernardo Arriaza y Vicki Cassman Universidad de Nevada La gente Chinchorro habitaba la costa del desierto de Atacama desde llo, en el Perú, hasta Antofagasta en el norte de Chile. Cerca de 9.000 años atrás los primeros exploradores descubrieron la abundancia de vida a lo largo del litoral y, a medida que estos cazadores recolectores comenzaron a asentarse, se fueron transformando en pescadores expertos.